Maps of Africa

Stanford’s Maps of Africa Collection became a major research resource in August of 2001 with the acquisition of the Oscar I. Norwich Collection of
Maps of Africa and its islands, 1486 – ca. 1900. This acquisition added
316 maps to Stanford’s existing holdings of Maps of Africa. The
collection nearly doubled in size in 2010 with the purchase of 294
maps from Caroline Batchelor. In 2011 a small set of maps was acquired from Rodney Shirley. In addition, Stanford currently has digital maps from the Barry Lawrence Ruderman Collection, the David
Rumsey Map Collection, and the University of Cape Town Collections.

Maps Portraying the Continent

Nigritarum regio

Ogilby, John, 1600-1676 and Ogilby, John, 1600-1676

A New Map of Libya or old Africk Showing its general Divisions, most remarkable Countries or People, Cities, Townes, Rivers, Mountains